Census Tract · Ranked #18,843 of 84,120 nationally

Boonton Eviction Risk: Elevated

Tract 34027041100 · Morris County, NJ · pop 3,783

How risky is Boonton for landlords? Census tract 34027041100 scores 5.7/10, the Moderate tier. That is riskier than roughly 64% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 28% of renter households, a moderate level, and 14% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,698 monthly, set against $109,539 in average yearly household income, roughly 19% of income at the averages. Renters make up 44% of occupied homes.

Risk score

6.5

Elevated

Confidence 100% · 1-10 scale

Household mix · 100 hh

Burdened renters 13% Stable renters 32% Owners 55%

Tract context

Occupied units1,269

Renter share44.4%

SVI overall0.62

Poverty rate7.7%

Median income$109,539

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.

Geographic context

Risk heat across Boonton and the region

Centroid at 40.9081, -74.4168 · click any tract to drill in

Why Boonton scores 6.5

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly

Local political climate

Inherited from Boonton

5.7

Regional political climate

2024 county presidential margin

5.2

State political climate

New Jersey legislature & governorship

6.8

Economic stress

7.7% poverty · this tract

1.9

Supply constraint

$1,698 rent vs county FMR

2.9

Rent control risk

Inherited from Boonton

6.2

Eviction process difficulty

State law sets the calendar

6.9

Tenant organizing strength

Inherited from Boonton

8.5

Housing court bias

Inherited from Boonton

5.2

How Boonton compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.

CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 62

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

56%Socioeconomic
54%Household composition
55%Racial/ethnic minority
68%Housing & transportation

Eviction filings · Princeton Eviction Lab

Court-record eviction history

Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.

Historic baseline (2000-2018)

55Total filings over 2 yrs
4.09%Avg annual filing rate
4.6%Peak (2018)
31Filings in 2018 (latest validated)

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress

Eviction-adjacent indicators

Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.

11.8%Housing insecurity
7.5%Utility-shutoff threat
14.1%Food insecurity
9.2%SNAP enrollment
7.8%Transit barriers
10.9%No health insurance
16.1%Frequent mental distress
26.1%Any disability

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Boonton

The score leans hardest on tenant organizing strength at 8.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Boonton, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Morris County average of 5.8 and below the New Jersey statewide average of 6.6. Within its own county it reads on the safer side for landlords.

The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 62nd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a middle-of-the-pack reading for social vulnerability.

In CDC survey modeling, about 11.8% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 7.5% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.

For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.

Frequently asked

About tract 34027041100

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34027041100?

Census tract 34027041100 in Boonton scores 6.5/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.

What is the average rent in tract 34027041100?

Median gross rent is $1,698/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 28% of renter households are cost-burdened.

What is the poverty rate in tract 34027041100?

7.7% of residents in tract 34027041100 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,783.

How socially vulnerable is tract 34027041100?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 62th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 56th, household 54th, minority 55th, housing 68th.

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34027041100?

Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 55 eviction filings across 2 validated years in tract 34027041100 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 4.09% of renter households, peaking at 4.6% in 2018. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.

What share of households in tract 34027041100 struggle to pay rent?

About 11.8% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 7.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.

How does tract 34027041100 compare to Boonton overall?

Tract 34027041100 scores 6.5/10, right in line with the parent city of Boonton at 6.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Boonton; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.

Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Boonton

Top eight tracts in Boonton ranked by composite eviction-risk score.